California speed is dangerous, no matter if it is shipping to the East Coast or the Middle East, but the racing world has been aware of such for years. Trainer Peter Miller, whose powerful West Coast operation is firing on all cylinders in 2017, has shipped two horses across the world on said premise for Dubai’s top two sprints.

St. Joe Bay, a very game dead-heat winner of the GIII Midnight
Lute S. last time out Dec. 31, showed hisresilience once again,
surviving a wicked speed duel and turning back a perfect trip
runner-up in the Palos Verdes at Santa Anita. (Full Story on Page 16)

Altamira Racing Stable and David Bernsen's St. Joe Bay continued his scorching streak through the Southern California sprint ranks with a game victory in the $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G2) Feb. 4 at Santa Anita Park.